Is there an explicit text in the Qur'an regarding the prohibition of imitating the disbelievers?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is there an explicit text in the Qur'an regarding the prohibition of imitating the disbelievers?
Answer:
No,[Ali 'Imran 3:105] this is a text, [Ali 'Imran 3:105] this is a text. And in His saying, the Exalted: [At-Tawbah 9:69] “You have enjoyed the good things He created for you, just as those before you enjoyed what He created for them, and you have spoken about it as they spoke about it…” This contains the prohibition against imitating the disbelievers in matters of doubtful desires and doubtful beliefs. The verses are numerous. The verses are numerous that prohibit imitating the disbelievers. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is there an explicit text in the Qur'an regarding the prohibition of imitating the disbelievers?
Answer:
No,
be like the ones who became divided and differed
تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا وَاخْتَلَفُواAnd do not be like the ones who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them
وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا وَاخْتَلَفُوا مِن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُlike those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed
كَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُوا أَشَدَّ مِنكُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرَ أَمْوَالًا وَأَوْلَادًا فَاسْتَمْتَعُوا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [148 -858] هل جاء نص صريح في القرآن في تحريم التشبه بالكافرين؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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